After
reciting the Tashahhud, the Ta’uz and the first
chapter Al Fatiha of the Holy QuranImam Zafrullah
Domun read verses 23 and 24 of chapter 47of the Holy Quran and gave
its translation as follows:

Would
you then, if you are placed in authority, create disorder in the land
and sever your ties of kinship?[47:23]It
is these whom Allah curses so that He makes them deaf and makes their
eyes blind.[47:24].

In
many of his speeches the present Ahmadiyya caliph Mirza Masroor Ahmad
speaks about the true teachings of Islam as explained by Hazrat Masih
Maoodas. Consequently wherever he goes he declares that
Ahmadis follow the real teachings of Islam. To the world this is
music to the ears. But those people who know how Jamaat Ahmadiyya
really works,such declarations are just a fašade. They do not
give the real picture. Behind these declarations there is a system at
work which holds the individual member as a hostage and forces
him/her to conform to teachings that he might even find repulsive.

Were
the Ahmadiyya caliph true to his words he would not have maintained
in Mauritius one of his unislamic injunctions where he calls upon
Ahmadis to sever their relationship with their close relatives who do
not toe the line . In the letter sent in 2004 signed by the Vakil ala
Chaudri Hamidullah which we have denounced several times in our
sermons, members of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat in Mauritius have been asked
to maintain a social boycott against those who are being
punished by their caliph. His zealous amir of the time did his best
to implement his master’s instructions. However to his credit we
should say that he understood that this boycott was to apply only in
social functions. But unfortunately it was destined for that amir to
suffer the ill consequences of all his misdeeds and the caliph
himself had to dismiss him and these days he is living in ignominy.

Now
comes another amir whose life mission since long has been to “crush
the head of rebellion” within Jamaat Ahmadiyya Mauritius. He is
more of an extremist. He is not content just to apply his caliph’s
instructions to social gatherings. Where the Holy Quran tells us to
“vie with one another in good deeds” he wants to vie with his
previous amir in evil deeds. He wants the boycott to be more cruel
and to be applied everywhere. Hence he does not want brothers to
mingle with brothers or sisters or mothers or fathers. He invents
something new in order to appease his thirst for vengeance against
those who are not showing the proper respect to his caliph. He now
tells the Ahmadis that they should apply this unislamic boycott in
all its fury to those who speak ill of their caliph. It is to such
people and his ilk that the verses of the Holy Quran that we have
read above apply. Newly promoted to a position of authority the amir
thinks that he will please his caliph by separating brothers from
brothers or children from parents or sisters from sisters.
Hypocritically this amir will give newspaper interviews where he
speaks about peace and harmony and how important it is for the
different components of Mauritian society to live peaceably together.
How true have been the words of the Holy Prophet saw when he said
that a time will come when people will be ruled by incompetent and
unfit rulers!

Fortunately
there are always some Ahmadis who have not learned the teachings of
Jamaat Ahmadiyya from their fathers only or from missionaries. They
are those who have made the necessary efforts to learn from Hazrat
Masih Maood’s books. These people know quite well that what the
caliph has said and what the amir is saying is diametrically opposed
to what Hazrat Masih Maoodas has said and what the Holy
Quran says. Hence to them these instructions are to be disobeyed and
be trampled under the feet. These are the people who have understood
the real teachings of Islam and they are not afraid to practice what
they have understood. These are the people who know that they should
cultivate only Allah’s fear in their heart and that they should not
care at all about the amir or his committee members or what the
caliph says if they give instructions which are against the Holy
Quran as Allah has warned in the verses that I have just read. People
should be bold enough to go and tell the amir and they should write
to their caliph telling them that they are wrong and that they have
deviated from the teachings of Islam. Hazrat Masih Maood as
wanted his followers to be bold Muslims who can make a positive
contribution to others well -being. Under no circumstances he wanted
us to be instrumental in harming others. He wanted us to challenge
others opinion or to investigate them to see whether they conform to
the Holy Quran and to the practice of the Holy Prophet Mohammadsaw.
Social boycott or any kind of boycott is the weapon of those who are
weak in faith and action but who are full of spite and hate. Remember
that someone has said “you can fool some people for some time but
you cannot fool all the people all the time.” That time will come
soon when Allah will teach the amir of Mauritius and his Amila
members and all those who support him in his unislamic measures
another lesson because they have not yet learnt from what they have
been recently taught. Allah is never in haste. He takes His time. But
when He strikes there will be no place to escape. Just have a look at
all those who tried to harm us since 2001and see where they are to be
found these days! See in Mauritius and see outside of Mauritius as
well. If what has happened does not make Ahmadis of the mainstream
Jamaat reflect then there will be nothing that will help them.
Unfortunately they seem to be under the curse of Allah and he has
made them deaf and blind according to the verses mentioned above.

Anyhow
for the time being Jamaat Ahmadiyya in Mauritius at least is
operating as a police state. Recently I had a casual conversation
with an Ahmadi friend of mine who I had not met for a long time. For
a few minutes we exchanged a few words and we parted ways. Another
group of Ahmadis saw me talking with that friend of mine. He was
reported to the amir. My friend was summoned and he was told not to
talk with me. This incident only illustrates the atmosphere of
suspicion and surveillance under which Ahmadis are living these days
in Mauritius. Yet we know that Allah and the Holy Prophet has
forbidden Muslims to indulge in behaviors where they spy on one
another and they report their brothers to those in authority to
embarrass them. If the amir wants to reprimand ahmadis for their
misbehaviors there is a very large repertoire from which he can pick
besides checking out who meets me or not. The list of misbehaviors of
Ahmadis is so long that I feel ashamed to mention it.

Following
this new drive to apply boycott at all contact points between members
of a family, an Ahmadi has point-blankly told a member of Jamaat
Ahmadiyya Al Mouslemeen that he is breaking off all his relationship
with him following the instructions of his amir. This is what might
be called the personification of ignorance. Such a person and his
group will go about telling others that they represent the true
Islam. If this kind of behavior is the behavior of a good Muslim what
will be that of one who tramples under his feet the real teachings of
Islam? In fact with his drive to be more severe in his application of
the unislamic boycott the present amir of Jamaat Ahmadiyya Mauritius
is trampling under his feet the teachings of the Holy Quran and that
of the Holy Prophet and that of Hazrat Masih Maoodas as
well. This man and all those who support him are showing the
Mauritian society an ugly face of the practice of Islam within Jamaat
Ahmadiyya.

Muslims
are not supposed to bear the harm inflicted upon them with patience
and pray and wait. They also have some responsibilities. They have to
act. They are not to remain silent, if of course they have true
Muslim blood coursing in their veins. In his speech in the mainstream
Jalsa Salana, the mullah-molvi Ganee Jhangeerkhan tried to persuade
Ahmadis to do otherwise. But any casual and unprejudiced observer
knows that he manipulated the verses of the Holy Quran and the
hadiths in order to prove his point. I will relate two hadiths which
proves how a Muslim should show courage in making his leaders obey
the Shariah.

Hazrat
Umm Salama ra reports that the
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: “In the near future
there will beAmirs(rulers)
and you will like their good deeds and dislike their bad deeds. One
who sees through their bad deeds (and tries to prevent their
repetition by his hand or through his speech), is absolved from
blame, but one who hates their bad deeds (in the heart of his heart,
being unable to prevent their recurrence by his hand or his tongue),
and is (also) safe (so far as God s wrath is concerned). But one who
approves of their bad deeds and imitates them is spiritually ruined.
People asked (the Prophet): Shouldn't we fight against them? He
replied: No, as long as they say their prayers.[Sahih Muslim 4569]

This
hadith is very clear about the responsibilities that fall upon
Muslims to prevent their leaders from committing evil. The Muslim has
to try to stop the evildoing leader. It is not a question of just
obedience. The Muslim has to argue with his leader or leaders to make
him/them understand that he/they is/are committing evil. It is not a
sufficient excuse for him to say I hear and I obey as the amir said
in his last speech of Jalsa Salana of 2011 when he tried to convince
the Ahmadis that they “should hear and obey.” This is not what
the Holy Prophet has told us. He has told us that as good Muslims we
should try to make these stupid and ignorant leaders understand that
they are committing evil according to the Book of Allah and according
to the teachings of the Holy Prophet Mohammadsaw. If in
this jihad the Muslim has not been successful, at least he should
abhor the evil that the leader is doing and prescribing. But the
person who approves the evil deeds of his amir or caliph and imitates
them that person or that group of persons will be spiritually ruined.

Now
why would such people become spiritually ruined? We can put forward
some reasons for that. First of all, because, if they imitate their
leaders they are abetting them in their evil deeds. So they are as
liable for punishment as their leaders. Secondly if they imitate evil
acts they are disobeying clear-cut commands of Allah and His noble
Prophet. Thirdly they are like hypocrites. Allah has made them “the
best people for the guidance of mankind” but they are showing
through their examples that they are the worst in words and deeds.
There is a great discrepancy in what they say and what they do and
Allah dislikes such behaviors from Muslims. Fourthly these people are
spiritually ruined because they are harming Allah’s creatures
through their silence and inaction and hence they cannot establish
any contact with Allah. This is why these days despite the fact that
Jamaat Ahmadiyya may boast about the money they can collect from
their members, yet most of them are bereft of the spiritual fruits
that they were promised. Hazrat Masih Maood as has told us
many times that Allah looks to what is in the heart. If it is full of
malice and has become a place where Satan begets its children, then
that heart is of no consideration at all in the sight of Allah. I
hope that Ahmadis from mainstream Jamaat will ponder over this hadith
and they will know how to amend their behavior accordingly. Let their
malice not prevent them from understanding what the Holy Prophet has
told them.

The
next hadith that I have chosen is from Nasai. It says:

“While
the Prophet of Allāhsaw was setting forth on a journey
and putting his foot in the stirrup, a person enquired of him which
form of jihād was the best, he said “The word of truth to
the wrongdoing ruler.”

This
hadith also is full of meaning and teaches the Muslim that he should
never be afraid to say the word of truth in front of a wrongdoing
leader. These leaders have power in their hands. They can intimidate,
cajole or coerce you to do their bidding and they would say that as
their followers, you should follow them. As long as a leader follows
the right path, there is no problem at all in following him. But when
he diverts and maintains that he is still on the right path and he is
incapable of justifying his case without betraying his malice, such a
leader should not be obeyed. Most Muslims should muster all the
courage at their disposal to engage in this jihad of maintaining and
speaking the truth. It is then that Islam stays evergreen. When the
people refuse to confront their leaders who are doing wrong, society
starts getting corrupted and there is no one to correct misdeeds.
Jamaat Ahmadiyya needs more and more such people who do not fear
their caliph or amir or anyone else and they should cultivate the
habit of standing up for truth whatever it may cost them. Whatever
they may lose in this world will be nothing compared to the fact that
they should be confronted on the day of resurrection with their
passivity and lack of courage because they entertained fear for
others than just for Allah. We will talk more on this matter next
time.